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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2005
Dong-hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jheen-hyeok Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jin-sung Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Jong-dae Park, Seoul, KR;
Dong-Hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jheen-Hyeok Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jin-Sung Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Jong-Dae Park, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
In a backlight assembly and an LCD apparatus having the same, the backlight assembly includes a lamp that generates light and a light guiding plate. The light guiding plate includes a light incident surface, a light reflecting surface and a light exiting surface. The light generated from the lamp is incident into the light incident surface. The light reflecting surface is extended from a side of the light incident surface. The light reflecting surface has a prism pattern. The light exiting surface is extended from another side of the light incident surface. An angle formed between the light incident surface and the light exiting surface is smaller than about 90 degrees, and the light incident surface and the light reflecting surface face each other.